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13.
The Council has also continued their arrangements with
the London Council of Social Service whereby four beds are reserved
at Grand Street House, Worplesdon Hill, Surrey, where mothers and
children can bo sent away together. Under this scheme mothers with
one or more children between one and five are sent to this Homo,
usually for a three weeks period. There were 15 mothers and 18
children admitted to this Homo during 1944. The Home has proved
extremely useful and a certain number of young mothers suffering from
post natal debility have benefited markedly from convalescence there.
It was found necessary to close the children's section as from the end
of November 1944, and unaccompanied mothers only have been admitted
since that time.
FOSTER PARENTS:
There were no registered foster mothers in Finsbury at
the end of 1944.
INFANT DEATHS:
There wore 20 infant deaths in Finsbury during 1944 and the
mortality rate based on 1,000 live births was 47. The neo-natal deaths,
i.e., occuring within the first twenty-eight days, numbered 7, details of
these deaths are as follows:-
Gastro enteritis 1
Hydrocephalus 1
Broncho-pnoumonia 1
Haemophilia 1
Other causes 3
Deaths of children from one month to one year 13.
Analysis of cases shows:-
Gastro enteritis 6
Broncho-pneumonia 5
Asphyxia 1
Whooping Cough 1
ILLEGITIMATE CHILDREN:
The Council accepted in principle the Metropolitan Standing
Joint Committee recommendation regarding the guaranteed uniform payment
of foster mothers, i.e. 17/6 per week up to the age of one year, and
thereafter 15/- per week. The Council also agreed to contribute a
stipulated sum in aid of the Voluntary Association carrying out Moral
Welfare Work in the Borough, St. Faith's Home, Myddelton Square.